...B.B.KING HOMECOMING FESTIVAL NAME BERNICE A. ALEXANDER CLASS ENGLISH 121 INSTRUCTOR MARY LONDSBURY DATE MAY 26,2013 On June 5TH of every year, the town of Indianola, Miss county Sunflower in Miss set aside a day nationally known as B.B.KING HOMECOMING FESTIVAL. This event take place in downtown Indianola, Miss population 35,000 people I must admit a small town with a lots of love. At this big event Mr. King arrives in town by his personal charter bus, at the B.B. KING Museum where he will meet and greet the town officials. The Mayor and other city officials will gather around and have a big luncheon. Next he will perform for the kids at 5 p.m. until about 1030 p.m. at night. On the front lawn next to the museum the fireworks will be displayed at 11p.m. Finally his Band will load the bus up and they will perform live at the CLUB EBONY nite club. Vendors get their booths set up all kinds of activites are displayed such as gospel music, reggae, and blue and of course country and pop. Its a very interesting festival because for the last 4 years I have worked at the Club Ebony which is B.B.KING CLUB he purchase it from Mary F. Shephed the Queen of the Juke Joint Blues, she has owned the club until 2005 when she had a stroke and her health start failing her she sold the club to B.B.KING, and he donated it to his museum in which it is located in the heart of town in the city of Indianola the structure building is worth 2million dollars the hand...
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...Competition of the Classes Homecoming, a night that unites the four classes under the promise of good music, fun, and unforgettable memories. Homecoming is full of traditions, including homecoming halls--decorations placed across the halls of the school, the week prior to homecoming night. Behind the scenes of that eventful night, a great amount of work was placed into homecoming halls. At Rockville High School, homecoming halls have been a tradition for a lengthy amount of time, SGA Coordinator Ms. Gross believes that the students: “Continue [homecoming halls] because it brings the class together and it is an exciting time for all of the students involved.” The choice of theme for homecoming halls is assigned to the seniors. At the end of the school year, the seniors choose the theme in order to work on the halls over the summer. The SGA President then goes to Wood Middle School to inform the rising freshmen of the theme. The rising seniors pick four different ideas within the theme to assign to each class. This year’s theme was superheroes, the freshmen were assigned, sophomores were assigned X-Men, juniors had Fantastic Four and seniors had Avengers. Over the span of a few weeks, detailed planning is done and then a plan is executed. As decided per class, meetings take place at a certain time within the four week span....
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...Vision Borgonia! Ms. Happ! Mythology & Composition! 13 January 2016! Cycle of the Hero: The DUFF! ! A hero is someone who is admired for courage and noble quails. And as Joseph Campbell would say “ A hero is someone who had given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” In the movie The DUFF , the main character Bianca is a high school senior surrounded by immature teenagers. although she is a teenager herself she shows hero qualities. The cycle of the hero aka the mono myth is a template of categories that a typical ‘hero’ goes through while on their journey. Not all characters go through all stages of the cycle, some characters skip a stage while others deal with the stages in a different order. In the movie Bianca goes slightly out of order but quickly follows back on track.! Bianca is starting her senior year off with her two best friends Jess and Casey. Bianca doesn't realize it yet but her friends are significantly prettier and more popular then she is. She is also starting another year off with her childhood friend/neighbor Wesley Rush, who just so happens to be the schools football captain. She used to be really close with him as kids but they grew apart through out high school. She currently has a huge crush on a kid named Toby Tucker. She never really had a full conversation with him before because she always got too nervous. When the school bully, Madison Morgan invites her friends to her party she reluctantly says yes to attend, hoping...
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...Write 2-3 page essay describing a special person, place, memory, event or experience from your life. Draw upon the five senses – sight, sound, taste, smell, touch – and employ the use of simile and metaphor. Your essay must have a thesis, in which you explain or allude to why this event/person/place is important to you. What is the personal meaning? Has your feelings on what you’re describing changed over time? Descriptive Essay Rubric and Grading Considerations • Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation • Length: 2-3 pages, typed, proper MLA formatting (see book and syllabus) • Qualities of good writing (active verbs, sensory descriptions, written in the student’s own voice) • A clear introduction, thesis, and a conclusion that offers a reflection. • Includes a developed body, good paragraph development, transitions, and logical flow in essay form. Fresh Meat (from the “Cabrini Green Project”) By Darrius Barron Being the new kid on the block wasn’t always a good thing. The first day of high school, bashfulness erupted in every freshman’s body. The smell of fresh meat lurked around in the air, as the sophomores sensed it. There was quiet in every classroom. Very few people were talking to their friends from eighth grade. Every forty-five minutes in class felt like a decade in the lake of fire. I felt the dirty, disrespectful looks on my back. I felt the heat from the competition in the school. This year for high school, I tried...
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...right to deny particpation in future parades by groups/bands ignoring and or violatingthese parade rules and regulations. Due to large amount of litter, parade units are strictly prohibited from disturbing printed literature, samples and ANY type of paper flyers to parade spectators. Alcohol: The consumption of alcohol is strickly prohibited during the parade and stagies area at all times. Entry: ONLY those entries reguisted and having signed up with BSHS office by September 28, will gain access to the parade. Any entry bringing excess vehicles or floats, not approved bythe committee will be denied particpation. Rights of Refusal: The parade committee reserves the right of refusal to any entry deemed offensive to the spirit of the Homecoming, the general public, or the Bay Springs community in general. No offensive signage, slogans, on clothing or offensive clothing in general will be allowed . No sagging of pants will be allowed. Noise: All units must indicate if they will havemusic or sound amplifying systems, and shall maintain a volume that will not interfere with other entries. The only muscis that can be played is music representing the theme of the parade, Mardi Gras including Jazz. No music shall be played inside the vehicle that is loud enough to be heard on the outside of the vehicle. No one will be allowed to ride in car except the maid, her escort and 1 driver. No other entry shall be crowded with passengers. No one is allowed to ride in the back of a truck...
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...Jeanalyn A. Carsano November 17, 2015 TITLE DEFENSE REFLECTION During the title defense, we did last November 11, 2015; I was struck with fear at first because I was not that prepared to be scrutinized by the panelists, I think we had the same feeling with my teammates. The reason behind why we were not able to prepare prior to the scheduled title defense was that, we were bombarded together with my teammates with the tasks assigned to us, just like making and editing of the invitation letters and the program for our sending forth ceremony as well as for the Social Work Alumni homecoming event. It troubled me a lot for I find it difficult to manage my time because all the tasks have deadlines that should be met. These things made us forget what to do next after we submitted our title proposal. Before we faced the panelists, I prayed to God asking for His guidance and wisdom to all of us for I know He will never leave us. Indeed, God is great because He enabled us to answer the questions that were thrown to us by the panelists. I was grateful also to Ma’am Eva for she was the one who formulated the title of our thesis. Also, it was advantageous for us because the topic we had on our thesis was based on the group work program we conducted last semester to the first year Social Work students. This made us easy to introduce the background the title of our research to the panelists. I really appreciate the eagerness of the panelists for their ideas in revising...
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...One would not usually list ‘watching people suffer’ as something that makes them laugh. I am no exception, but this changes when watching a Martin McDonagh or Harold Pinter Black Comedy. On viewing McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Pinter’s The Homecoming, two vastly different Black Comedies. When watching these plays, I found myself laughing at what would seem like the most inappropriate places, if one was only looking at the violent and chaotic visuals. It is in their staging that the dialogue, characters and settings mix to create laughter and cartharsis. On viewing NIDA’s production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore, I discovered that one of the most laughter-inducing scenes was also one of the most violent. The second scene of the play where the mad son of Donny, Padraic, is torturing a ‘drug pusher’, James, is visually disturbing. I saw James hanging upside down, blood trickling down from his massacred feet to his horrified face. Despite this, the lyrical, song-like way in which Padraic adresses him, coupled with the highly satirical dialogue, provokes the audience to laugh and creates a funny scene. Padraic tells James sincerely to ‘Be pickin’ yer nipple’, as he feels it to be a kind gesture rather than cutting off both nipples. The extreme stupidity with which Padraic spoke incited laughter fom the audience around me, and focused attention away from the macabre nature of the scene. Inspired by my viewing of the NIDA production, I played the character of Davey...
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